Total Crime Rate
246.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
127.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harold Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Coal Clough with Deerplay , and the 43rd highest crime rate of 302 local areas in Burnley .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Harold Street (BB11 4NU) in the last 12 months was 246.0 per 1,000 residents and was 29.9% higher than the Coal Clough with Deerplay average (189.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 127.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harold Street (BB11 4NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Westmorland Street, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Airdrie Crescent (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burnley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Matthew Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tennyson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Prestwich Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Prestwich Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swindon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Swindon Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ulster Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ulster Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Netherby Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hudson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hudson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Athol Street South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Westmorland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Westmorland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westmorland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prestwich Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pritchard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Alwin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beverley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B6239 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B6239 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | B6239 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alwin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pritchard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Alwin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Starkie Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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